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8 People Wounded in Dagestan Bomb

May 8, 2010

Number of wounded in Russia' North Caucasus blast rises to 8

MAKHACHKALA, May 8, 2010 (RIA Novosti)

At least eight people were wounded and one was killed after an explosion ripped through a railway station in the town of Derbent in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Dagestan on Friday night, a police source said.

It was reported earlier that seven people were wounded in the blast.

The police source said the persons injured in the blast included three police officers and five civilians while a woman died of wounds in the hospital.

The explosive device was placed in a garbage dumpster near the platform where passengers were gathering to catch an intercity train.

Russia's mainly Muslim North Caucasus republics, especially Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia, have seen an upsurge of militant violence lately, with frequent attacks on police and officials.

The Kremlin has pledged to wage "a ruthless fight" against militant groups but also acknowledged a need to tackle unemployment, organized crime, clan rivalry and corruption as causes of the ongoing violence in the region.

Dagestan bomb explosion equivalent to 1.5 kg of TNT

MAKHACHKALA, May 8 (RIA Novosti)

The bomb that went off on Friday night at a railway station in Debent in the Republic of Dagestan in the Russian volatile North Caucasus region was equivalent to 1.5 kg of TNT, investigators said on Saturday.

The explosive device was placed in a garbage dumpster near the platform where passengers were gathering to catch an intercity train. The explosion wounded at least eight people, three police officers and five civilians, and a woman died of wounds in the hospital, a police source earlier said.

Russia's mainly Muslim North Caucasus republics, especially Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia, have seen an upsurge of militant violence lately, with frequent attacks on police and officials.

The Kremlin has pledged to wage "a ruthless fight" against militant groups but also acknowledged a need to tackle unemployment, organized crime, clan rivalry and corruption as causes of the ongoing violence in the region.

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